16 Surprising Historical Facts You Won’t Learn Anywhere

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We all have studied different sorts of history about different people with different cultures in different contexts from Mayan civilization to the modern World War 2. However, there are many less known facts about different historic facts which are less likely to be known even by history professors.

Today, at FactWish, we’ll mention some of the amazing facts in history to leave you all surprised. Lets get started.

1. In ancient Egypt, servants were covered with honey so that they could attract flies away from the Pharaohs.

2. Very few people know that Abraham Lincoln was a successful wrestler before becoming a politician. He lost only one match during wresting in his entire wrestling career.

3. During 20th century, in Mongolia, many criminals were locked up in a wooden box and left alone to die from starvation.

4. After WWII, every British Army tank is equipped with a tea making equipment.

5. In 1939, a member of Swedish parliament named Erik Gottfrid Christian Brandt, nominated German dictator Adolf Hitler for the Nobel Peace prize. However, nomination was cancelled later.

6. Tsutomu Yamaguchi survived the nuclear attacks in Japan. When bomb was dropped in Nagasaki, he was in Hiroshima. When bombing happened in Hiroshima, surprisingly he traveled back to home a day before bombing.

7. During Charlie Chaplin look-alike competition in San Francisco, original Charlie participated in it. Surprisingly, he came at 20th place.

8. England and Zanzibar had world’s shortest war which lasted for only 38 minutes.